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 Maven Documentation
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 Jason van Zyl
 Eric Redmond
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 2009-08-01
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Documentation

* Getting Started with Maven

  * {{{./getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html}Getting Started in 5 Minutes}}

  * {{{./getting-started/index.html}Getting Started in 30 Minutes}}

* Introductions

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html}The Build Lifecycle}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html}The POM}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html}Profiles}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-repositories.html}Repositories}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html}Standard Directory Layout}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html}The Dependency Mechanism}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-optional-and-excludes-dependencies.html} Optional Dependencies and Dependency Exclusions}}

** Plugins

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-plugins.html}Plugin Development}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html}Configuring Plug-ins}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-plugin-registry.html}The Plugin Registry}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-plugin-prefix-mapping.html}Plugin Prefix Resolution}}

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-plugin-resolution.html} Introduction to Maven Plugin Resolution}}

 * {{{./plugin/guide-ant-plugin-development.html}Developing Ant Plugins}}

 * {{{./plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html}Developing Java Plugins}}

** Site

 * {{{./mini/guide-site.html}Creating a Site}}

 * {{{http://maven.apache.org/doxia/references/apt-format.html}The APT Format}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-snippet-macro.html}Snippet Macro}}

** Archetypes

 * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-archetypes.html}What is an Archetype}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-creating-archetypes.html}Creating Archetypes}}

** Upgrading

 * {{{./mini/guide-m1-m2.html}From Maven 1.x to Maven 2.x}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-using-m1-repos-with-m2.html}Using Maven 1.x repositories with Maven 2.x}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-relocation.html}Relocation of Artifacts}}

** Repositories

 * {{{./mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-local.html}Installing 3rd party JARs to Local Repository}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-remote.html}Deploying 3rd party JARs to Remote Repository}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-coping-with-sun-jars.html}Coping with Sun JARs}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-repository-ssl.html}Remote repository access through authenticated HTTPS}}

~~ * {{{./introduction/introduction-to-artifact-resolution.html}Repository Definitions and Artifact Resolution}}


* Guides

 * {{{./mini/guide-assemblies.html}Creating Assemblies}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-archive-configuration.html}Configuring Archive Plugins}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-configuring-maven.html}Configuring Maven}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-mirror-settings.html}Mirror Settings}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-deployment-security-settings.html}Deployment and Security Settings}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-generating-sources.html}Generating Sources}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-manifest.html}Working with Manifests}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-maven-classloading.html}Maven Classloading}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-multiple-modules.html}Using Multiple Modules in a Build}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-multiple-repositories.html}Using Multiple Repositories}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-proxies.html}Using Proxies}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-releasing.html}Using the Release Plugin}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-using-ant.html}Using Ant with Maven}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-using-modello.html}Using Modello}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-webapp.html}Webapps}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-using-extensions.html}Using Extensions}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-building-for-different-environments.html}Building For Different Environments with Maven 2}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-using-toolchains.html}Using Toolchains}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-encryption.html} Encrypting passwords in settings.xml}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-http-settings.html} Guide to HTTP Connection Settings}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-wagon-providers.html} Guide to Selecting Alternative Wagon Providers}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-building-jdk14-on-jdk15.html} Guide to Building JDK 1.4 Projects Using JDK 1.5}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-default-execution-ids.html} Guide to Configuring Default Mojo Executions}}


~~ ** Testing

~~ * {{{./mini/guide-attached-tests.html}Reusable Test JARs}}

** Maven Tools and IDE Integration

 * {{{./mini/guide-ide-eclipse.html}Eclipse}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-ide-idea.html}IDEA}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-ide-netbeans/guide-ide-netbeans.html}NetBeans 4.0 (4.1 and 5.0)}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-bash-m2-completion.html}Maven 2.x Auto-Completion Using BASH}}


* Development Guides

 * {{{./development/guide-building-m2.html}Building Maven from Scratch}}

 * {{{./development/guide-m2-development.html}Developing Maven}}

 * {{{./development/guide-plugin-documentation.html}The Plugin Documentation Standard}}

 * {{{./development/guide-documentation-style.html}Maven Documentation Style}}


* The Maven Community

 * {{{../community.html}The Maven Community}}

 * {{{./development/guide-helping.html}Helping with Maven}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-new-committers.html}Guide for New Committers}}

 * {{{./development/guide-testing-development-plugins.html}Testing Development Versions of Plugins}}

 * {{{../articles.html}3rd Party Resources}}

** Conventions

 * {{{../maven-conventions.html}Maven Conventions}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-naming-conventions.html}Naming Conventions}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-using-one-source-directory.html}When You Can't Use the Conventions}}

** The Central Repository

 * {{{./mini/guide-central-repository-upload.html}Uploading Artifacts to the Central Repository}}

 * {{{./mini/guide-maven-evangelism.html}Improving the Repository}}


* References

 * {{{../pom.html}POM Overview}} ({{{../ref/current/maven-model/maven.html}Technical Project Descriptor}})

 * {{{../settings.html}Settings Overview}} ({{{../ref/current/maven-settings/settings.html}Technical Settings Descriptor}})

 * {{{../plugins/index.html}Core Plug-ins List}}

 * {{{../developers/mojo-api-specification.html}Mojo API}}

 * {{{../glossary.html}Glossary}}

 * {{{./MavenQuickReferenceCard.pdf}Maven Quick Reference Card - PDF}}

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* Javadoc API

 Here is some useful Javadoc API links to the current version of Maven:

 * {{{http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-artifact/apidocs/}Maven Artifact}}

 * {{{http://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-reporting-api/apidocs/}Maven Reporting}}

 * {{{http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/apidocs/}Maven Plugin API}}

 * {{{http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-model/apidocs/}Maven Model}}

 * {{{http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/apidocs/}Maven Core}}

 * {{{http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-settings/apidocs/}Maven Settings}}

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 You could also browse the {{{http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/}full technical documentation references}} of the current version of Maven.